EU confirms investigating complaint against Deutsche Post
The European Commission confirmed that it has received an complaint against Deutsche Post World Net AG, which said yesterday it faces allegations it flouted state aid rules by allowing its Postbank unit to use Deutsche Post outlets at below market rates.
The commission said the complaint was brought by EP Europost AG, which is a letter and parcel delivery company owned by TPG NV.
Amelia Torres, competition spokeswoman, said: ‘The company (EP Europost AG) complained in June. After we received that we decided to send a letter to the German government asking for more information. We are waiting for a reply.’
She added that the commission is expecting a reply from the government in the next few weeks.
Deutsche Post said yesterday that it ‘cannot be ruled out that the European commission will find that the facts of the case constitute state aid’.
